PT-2013-1878 · Moinmoin · Moinmoin

Tilmann Haak · Published 2013-01-03 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2012-6082

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MoinMoin versions 1.9.5 through 1.9.5 MoinMoin versions prior to 1.9.6

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rsslink function, located in theme/ init .py. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page name in an RSS link.

Recommendations For MoinMoin version 1.9.5, update to version 1.9.6 or later. For MoinMoin versions prior to 1.9.6, update to version 1.9.6 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the rsslink function in theme/ init .py to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6082

DSA-2593-1

GHSA-452H-RX28-49W9

PYSEC-2013-23

Affected Products

Moinmoin

References · 14

• 🔥 http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/c98ec456e493 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6082 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-452h-rx28-49w9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2013-23 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moinwiki/moin · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2013-23.yaml · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6082 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/5 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/57089 · Note
• http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200228182002/http://securityfocus.com/bid/57089 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/29/7 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20151023152540/http://secunia.com/advisories/51663 · Note